“We are beginning to disaggregate by gender the data we collect on our programs, to measure how well our work is helping improve women’s health, income, and access to education and food. We’re starting to design programs with the needs of women in mind – by hiring more women as extension workers to reach women farmers, or women health educators to improve our outreach to women and girls.”

Hillary Rodham Clinton, American Secretary of State, in a speech delivered at the Peter G. Peterson Institute for International Economcs in Washington, D.C. 6 January 2010